4 - 23-23 
Numenius. 
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.. i-Kee up a Golden Plover for a slrplptnn T + . 
1 " a ^Keieton. -It was dying probably of 
tnC UUaliae ° r SaUne p ° isonin 2 ^at affects this sp. particularly of the 
shoreoirds nere, and had already keeled over on its side, too weak 
t0 faCe thS Wind When 1 picked U U P- Died almost instantly - the fright 
bein " ap?arcnay Xhe last straw " more emaciated than I believed anything 
could be and live- 
15113 arternooa the douds broke at times, but the gale increased until 
tie whole island seemed to be walking - a regular cursed sandstorm of the 
worst sort. Thanlc heaven for my floored and almost air tight tent. The 
rest have an eighth of an inch of fine dust & grit over everything. Out¬ 
side every trail is obliterated - the sand is crawling in new-made ripuWs - 
every Pin x inns * hole is nr* i i t ^ 
1 ‘ x ill mg - uhe poor seeds that had sprouted 
t>ltt ' rely ai “ er tne rabbits were 'thinned down are being blow out of the 
fc ' A ° UnQ " Xne srouna biown away from them - off the So. end of the is¬ 
land fl 
regulaneand canner 1, — life is Helll 
t 
-■-v 4:CO a sampan appeared off to the E- of the island rushing along 
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under full sail, passed So. of us & made off w.S.W. 
This c-x oernoon Schlemmer picked up a bottle dropped from the U.S. A(rmy) 
T(ransport) "Logan" in Lat. 
Long. 
requesting 
’inder t 
O return same with report to U.S. Hydrographic office 
The old wrecked Sampan on the N. shore-was No. 20, Honolulu listing, 
as evidenced by one of the battered blue boards. Such are the data one 
must piece together to write the story of the sea - uo _.e 
—-arcs 5 -S tne way I Teel tonight. 
-I with it and 
‘ r ~ e ~ scrambled Man-o 1 -war bird tonight Tt ubc- 
io v. as dou.oti.ess nour- 
j* + • 
-^ning, cut I did not relish my share. 
■n g6iJ. 
pair oi Eulweria have taken to spending the nights in the 
